A modest proposal : for preventing the children of poor people from being a burthen to their parents, or the country, and for making them beneficial to the publick /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Dublin :
The Salvage Press,
MMXVII [2017]
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| Edition: | Copies marked A to Z. |
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| Item Description: | "Produced to mark the 350th anniversary of the birth of Jonathan Swift in 1667. First printed in 1729 by Sarah Harding 'on the Blind Key', Dublin."--Colophon. Issued in cloth-bound solander box. "Designed, typeset and letterpress printed by Jamie Murphy ... David O'Kane has scratched the ten illustrations which have been editioned from lithographic stones by Michael Timmins ... This edition is limited to 35 books. Copies marked A to Z have been half bound in Moroccan goat with marble paper sides ... Copies marked i, ii, iii and iv have been similarly bound and remain hors de commerce. Copies marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 have been bound in unique full leather designs by Kate Holland and are accompanied by a portfolio containing a full suite of the poems and a full suite of lithographs."--Colophon. The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy is letter P and is signed by Andrew Carpenter, Jessica Traynor, David O'Kane, and Jamie Murphy. Purchased for the Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design collection by The Cushing Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 49 unnumbered pages, 6 unnumbered leaves : illustrations, map ; 57 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Related Items: | The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive. |